California Government Code

§ 12651

GOV § 12651 Effective Jan 1, 2018Div. 3 · Title 2 · Part 2 · Ch. 6 · Art. 9

Statute text

(a)Any person who commits any of the following enumerated acts in this subdivision shall have violated this article and shall be liable to the state or to the political subdivision for three times the amount of damages that the state or political subdivision sustains because of the act of that person. A person who commits any of the following enumerated acts shall also be liable to the state or to the political subdivision for the costs of a civil action brought to recover any of those penalties or damages, and shall be liable to the state or political subdivision for a civil penalty of not less than five thousand five hundred dollars ($5,500) and not more than eleven thousand dollars ($11,000) for each violation, as adjusted by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, Public Law 101–410 Section 5, 104 Stat. 891, note following 28 U.S.C. Section 2461.

(1)Knowingly presents or causes to be presented a false or fraudulent claim for payment or approval.

(2)Knowingly makes, uses, or causes to be made or used a false record or statement material to a false or fraudulent claim.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 121, Sec. 1. (SB 387) Effective January 1, 2018.